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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-14
p.-,ors That Crush ou. Home Life.

Did YOU ever hear of tvrannical par
lors? The costly carpets and curtains.
the expensive ornaments, give Il sub
dued tone to the room destructive to real
hospitality and good times. A neigh
borllood social met from house TO house.
One of the members was Il bright boy;
his mother had one OF those tyrannic;,l
parlors, given up to formality and short
calls. The bright boy said at one of
the meetings: Il would like TO invite
YOU TO my house. bat we never have
good times in our stuck-up erawing-
room" The little fellow felt the differ
encc between his own home surround
ingy and that of some others of the So
cial club. At one house the wise par
ents made the parlor so attractive that
the BOYS and girls of the family said
they ..woald rather be nj home than
anywhere else" The carpet WAS not
too nice to dance on or even 10 play
blind man bull The chairs and tables
were not heavy and cumbersome. but
were lirht enough to DC tucked away.
leaving :: clear space. The children
were encouraged to get up chara'ics and
tableaux. A magic lantern exhibition
added variety and nOw and then !.
card party But that was very wrong,
saws one stern parent. No, Father AMI
mother took !, han,i in the game antt
there was not so much danger the chill
dren would seek questionable pleasurcl
IN Improbable places
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s~ee. Singer Of Connecticut

Ella Wheclcr-Wilcox, the great poet.
ess f1onI the West. whose beautiful
s.Pocms' of Passion" have made her
famous the world over. is one OF the
Sbest-known ladies of this quietly busy
manufacturing and thoroughly ortho-
;dox New England city.
5 Her face is familiar one on tho
streets, and she is gazed at probably
more than any twenty women IN the
Tcity. Strangers in town are not con-
sidcrcd as having seen half Of the city $
ATTRACTIONS; unless they have had the
.plcasure of staring at Mrs. Wilcox either
sas she rides along in her carriage or
CLASHES through fhc busting thorough
sfarcs on her bloodcd stccd.
s Mrs. Wilcox is one of the best equcs-
tricnnes in the county, If not in the
Estate. Beautiful and poetic as she looks
:Ihen on horseback she is seen at her
ebcst when walking alone.
s With head held high and with q firm
stcp-a stride that Mary Anderson
<,might almost envy-her graceful, vii.
-lowy figure the admiration of all be-
sholders, she makes her way. turning
lneithcr to the right nor to the left, never
blocking back to gaze ut the new spring
gbonnet of some sister who is going in
Fan opposite direction. Millinery store
windows fiaunt their attractions in
vain, and announcements of great bar
gains in dry goods have no charm for
.ahc poctess.
s She appears oblivious to all that is
going on. and has the appearance OF
one who is in deep communion with
rthc muses..
$ Mrs. Wilcox is popular with those OF
her sex in this city whose minds are
fable to rise above the literary exigcn-
.cies CT the cook book or the fashion ga
sxcttc. =
4. Mr. Wilcox is one of the most popular
men in Mcridcn and is 4 man who
would be popular in any town before
shc had been there n week. He is a
.mcmbcr of the fashionable home club
sand several othcr7social organizations.
and is one of the big men of Meriden
from Il society" standpoint-G T.
<Mo,nsing JournA. ::
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-14
It Was in hwrs.I :sess 10 Ra In.

The bridecroom had mcycd worlds
30 10 sneak. 10 cct railway pa-,,s for
himself and w;fc almost MI the WY to
California. lie was q moor nu.;,. s,ore
clerk who had had The lue.k to marry IN
| heir,.ss. and he knew p,.rfrc.jv we'll hr
shouldn't Eayc non..v snougb 10 sn.n.I
q month IN California. As the young ,a,ly
wished. unless he could Get masses TO
Ogden. lie had 4 fricn.i who WAS clerk
TO \ railway director. and the tbinu wa,
managed. IMAGINE tho ,;t,ation = h,it
hour before train ,;r,e when the moor
Young man discovered ,h,, he l:.l los,
the n,s,,.s, Tb,. br;I,. w,,s o.,,ing into
her trayel;ny dress. the carr;,.re which
was 10 take them TO the station was n,
.h.. door. TIE rooms wsr.. full Of .,u,.s;s
making ready 20 90 home. Tn. agon:z d
fellow searched pDckc, after pockrt in
despair. II was lucky tina: he was AL
most alone in drcs,ing-roon, up-s,,irs
The few gentlemen vino were there o,,t.
t;no on their ov,rcoats could NOT helm
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-14

Actresses and their managers. Sin
these Days of retl-hot competition. de-
sise ingenious plans 10 keep the namo
OF the star prominently before the
public. An innoccn.-looking paragraph
goes the rounds stating that aiiss So
;ind-so carries II crocodiies tooth in her
pocket Us an amulet; or that she travels
with 1--WE servants. four BIRDS. and six
eats. with 4 monkey tlrown in hy way
o: comic tooth: or that she has lost
diamonds worth $1,000. But the fol-
lowing is q true story of Nine Mod
jcskS:
A little while $50. while performing
out West, she pa, chased = pug dog.
Ter manager SAW IL this triiling occur
renee matter for pleasant puff. He
waited on one of the ..leading citizens"
of Louisville and induced him TO make
formal presentation of the dog to the
actrcss. An elaborate rcd and gold
collar was purchased. and when The dog
was invested with this ornate equipment
tie '.lca,iing citizen came upon tho
stage mt the end of the play, and in
flowing speech presented the black
mizzlcti canine 10 Mime. Modjeska, who
expressed deep thanks in few choice
phrases of prettily fractured English
and then gracefully Withdrew, clasping
puggy to her breast and kissing him
cffusivcly. Reporters were present. Of
course, 10 chronicle these touching in
cidcnts. and for Il week ingenious little
paragraphs iloatcJ up and down the
stream of Western journalism. in which
the liberility of the leading citizens
The handsome pug. and Madame Mod
jcska's shining talents were cnriously
mixed up The dog had paid for him
self ten times over.
The pug, however. was not TO be .
sourcc of perpetual joy to his fair mis-
trcss. He usually accompanied her to
the tiicstcr, a servant holding him well
in leash. Ono night in Philadelphia.
when the actress YVES PLAYING '-Adrien-
Nc Lccouvreur." during the last act,
when she was writhing under the bale
full influence of the poisoned bouquet.
by some ulischanec paggy slipped his
moose and walked gravely ON the stage.
and recognizing his mistress, reared
himself comically upon his launches
nnd watched the thrilling scene. In
vain the people at the wings en,.cavored
I % coax him off. He seemed to be in
terestcd in Adrienne's emotional and
startling attitudes. n vain the actress
seowlcd at him. Not comprehending
the nature Of her gestures. he rushed
about the stage in the maddest manner,
whining and howling alternately To
say that the audience shrieked with
laughter is hardly to convey an idea Of
the amusement afforded by the unex-
pected intruder. Of course the great
scene of the play came to an abrups
end. Modjeska tied in dismay; her
maid. terror-striekcn at the roar Of the
audience, rushed upon the stage. and.
in endcavoring TO seize his pugshin
caught her foot in the carpet and fell
sprawling, with her head in the flowers
that the actress, few moments before.
had flung to the ground. The curtain
descended in double-quick time; the
sound of excited voices. with violent
objurgations fiercely intcrmixed, was
heard behind the scenes; and the spec
tators nearly Laughed their heads OFF,
as they made their way to the street.
n y. Tribune.
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A Portrait Of the Pope.

Under the title of Souvenirs dan
Journalistic Franchise . Rome" NJ.
Hcnridcs Houx. whose intimate rela-
.tions with the Vatican are well known.
has just written an interesting book on
tho ins and outs of the Vatican prison"
Here is his sketch Of the, Pope himself:
LEO Kill blesscs his audiences with .
graceful and kingly gesture. He has
merry mouth. His smile docs not pos.
sess that sardonic VOltarian expression
found in so many of his Photographic
On the contrary, it IS rather gentle and
paternal. His eyes are very black and
brilliant His features, ascetic and
strongly marked, have become benevo-
lent and engaging. He must have had
great difficulty to accommodate his
countcnance, such as nature made II, to
the august role Of holy fathership. Per-
haps the soul of Pope modifies the ex-
terror lincamcnts In tho long run. Like
St. Francois dc Sales. who was bern
dogmatic and cholcric, but who be-
came. BY continual self-snbjection, m
angel of sweetness, Leo XII. on being
made Pope mnst have overcome, or al
least subduetl, violent character. His
holiness is still vigorous. in spite Of his
lcanness and scnile trembling. His
hair is white, and arranged in curls
over his temples. His cassock seems to
cnvclop only the shadow of body, just
enough humanity to hold soul. He
speaks very slowly, particularly when
he speaks in French. In Italian be inn
proviscs with rapidity, but in French hc
has to call ON his memory, which is ex-
cellcnt. This slowncss gives = singular
relief to the utteranees Of Pope Leo.
The action prcccdcs rather than accom-
panies the word. With his arms cx-
tended he seems tC invite the whole
universe 10 come and receive his
thoughts. The oratorieal action of his
holiness is in reality :, curious study.
II can hardly be called classic, but it
gives to his speech an academic breadth
and impassioncd yiracity mot to be
found in the printed text Nobody
reading his allocuiions would ever
imagine the effect they produced on do
livery. Unlike PiuN IN, who allowed
himself TO be carried away by his fiery
clogucncc. and who always altered his
d;scourSes before they were printed.
Leo KILL has little 10 correct; his
speeches are mcditated, weighed. and
learned beforehand. remember of be-
inS af ST. Peters when he addressed
seven thousand Italian pilgrims. Twas
too far off to hear what he said. His
gcsticplation was excessively violent
The mex. day expected to read a terri
bic philIppic; it was honeyed homily.
almost an idyl."
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Educating the Girls.

Proper training is the great erwz Of
female education; for, unless this most
material matter be attended to. there
can be no doubt that the acquisition Of
learning will only supcrinducc conceit
aifectation. blue-stockingism. and utter
uselessncss in home duties. Hence it Il
that in these days of ''higher educa-
tion." as the phrase goes. so many girls
are found exhibiting the unpleasant fea-
lures OF fiippancy Of manner and self
sufficiency. Their training has been
neglected by their teachers, who have
never taught them what the real object
of education is. On the other hand. we
find. too. girls of extensive and accurate
information, well instructed in accom-
plishmcnts, with modest department.
and who can readily turn their hands
! to household work if necessary. and
such we perceive to have been properly
trained Such girls, however. form =
minority. we are sorry 10 say, and We
conclude, therefore. that the good triili-
ers are also minority. The fact is.
judging from what one sees around Us.
! the "higher education" of girls, rs gem
orally understood nowadays. has for its
aim the mere ability to show off in so
cicty and to exhibit 4 superiority over
other people. No doubt the ambition
to excel is laudable and very proper
sentiment, but it is too plainly percepti-
bic that nine girls out of ten who
can sing or play well will do SO not SO
much for the amusement of n company
as for the display of their supposed
abili,v We believe that in most schools
the daily routine of duties IS carried on
in machine fashion. The pupils fall to
their books, their music exercises. ETC..
ut certain hours. and SO 90 on day after
d " without anv words from their teach
their exertious for the acquisition OF
knowledge Thus heart becomes sacri-
feed to intellect. an;l TRUE education is
confoundcd With the attainment Of
mere book learning and SNOWY accom-
plishments. We arc not advocating the
two-pence,a-week-for- style Of
training girls, but we do think that q
little more should be done for their tone
/; of mind than is done in so many
schools. Without such tone ''higher
education" will simply be worse than
nothing. at best splendid Ignorance.
fitting its posscssor to be neither Z use
full wife nor n really agreeable member
of society. 1t is to this attempt 10
''educate" the intellect without train
ing the mind-or. rather. perhaps, the
neglect TO unite the two courses-that
we must attribute some portion of that
outcry raised at intervals about the
lack OF girls in the upper and middle
classes likely to make good wives. We
are told that they can do anything but
manage a household, and this-which
is, uuhappily, too patent facts, for
sooth, laid to the doos of higher .'edu-
carion" We, however. do not hesitate
to assign different cause-that already
indicated; and we venture respectfully
also to think that those who have the
! instruction and bringing up of girls in
trusted to them will do well to fire.
quenhy bestow some portion of their at
tcntion on the minds US well rs the in
tellects of those girls.-7he Queen
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Mr.. Howells at Home.

He writes only in the morning, con
scientiously and with painstaking. AZ.
Ter that he dcvvles himself TO bis family.
: 10 whom he is greatly attached, and Of
whom he is justly proud. Besides the
son, there is q daughter, now 1T the age
: of young ladyhood. who inclincs some
:, what TO the literary taste, and apother.
swect-faccd little, mail. already. known
! 10 fame through the qualification of u
series of her. remarkable. naive, child
: ish drawings, in the volume entitled "a
Little Girl Among the .Oid Masters. !"
!. The children have the artistic impulse
:, very strongly developed.
In conversation Howells is not voln-
= ble talker; he docs not aspire TO shine !;
there is little that is Macaulayisb, few
:. tours dc forcc. On the other hand, he
: has what someone has described rs the
dangerous trait of being an excellent
. listener. It might be said Of him rs it
was of Mmc. Recamier. that he listens
with seduction. He is not bent .upon
displaying his own resources, but upon
penetrating the mind and heart b. ore
him. Perhaps this is the natural r,rcp-
: tive mood Of tbs deep student of eAarae-
tcr. And then it is SO gracefully done.
with 'stieh 4 sympathy aud respect that
when, atserTard, you come 10 reflect
thnt rpa hare been talking n great
dea,, loo much for your own good, there
-.s0nes, with the flush, the rcassuring
fancy that after all perhaps you have
done it very well.
His own conversation, ! should say,
is marked by sincerity of statement and
carnestness Of speculation, and at the
same tImc frightened by perpetual
play Of fhumor. His humor warns like
: q gentle sunshine, and we all know how
stceiy cold may be the briliiancy OF
mere wit lie is humorist. some-
fiimcs think, before almost anything
else. He takes to the humorist (even
those of tho broadest kind with kim
ttcd feeling Both Mark Twain and
sWarlef have been friends of his He
wanted to know Stockton and Gilbert
before he had met them. And in this
connection may close with one of the
nightcr bons nlots of Gilbert
On the first fisit 10 this country in
compasy with his collaboration, Sullivan
he asked me something about the works
1T Howclls. In reply mentioned sew
eral. among them ..Thoir Wedding
Jcurney"-"a book" / said. (which
ISsesy young couple put into their bag
=. gaaerwhcr starting OF on a tour. "
"SuIlivari and i ayc not very young
coublc," returned Gilbert. hbut I think
. we'll have TO put it into our baggage
: sOo n-Crific
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-14
Born to Marry and Keep House.

The end of woman is to marry and
raise up family. She starts out in
this direction when she carries q doll in
childhood Your girl who leaves home
and goes oat for herself does so because
she has failed to find the man she wants
: to marry. BY and by she does find him,
and when she does she drops everything
and goes with him. She stops short in
/. her music. her acting. her art, her litera-
: ture. or whatever it is, because after all
her instinct tells her 10 marry and she
follows her instinct instead of her rea-
son.
A man can marry and 90 ahead in
j. the particular pursuit or profession he
: had chosen. but the woman stops and
subjects everything TO the one duty of
wifehood. That is the reason women
do not succeed as well as men. They
:, fall short. Grant all this for the sake
of alignment. a.dmit that it is the
mission of woman TO marry and raise
: UP n family. But 1 am now writing
.about the exceptions. There are excep-
:. tions TO all classes, all rules. all theories
and all PHILOSOPHERS! Most women do
marry young, and that is right That
! is rs far as most of them want 10 get.
They are fitted for this sort Of life and
have no desire or fitness for another.
But arc you going to make one kind
of girl do this when it is strait-jacket
and IN abomination to her? In other
: words. is she TO marry simply for the
sake of marrying. and ''scttle down"
simply for the sake of settling downe
: Why not allow her to follow her natura,
bent as we'll as the young man? True.
she may. as pay objector says. find some
man while herself following a success
; full career whom she will love and whom
she will marry. thus cutting short work
that might otherwise have been rounded
and made complete. True, women are
as completely successful rs men in the
more independent pursuits OF life. But
!. the point which wish to make clear
and emphatic is that society, and the
woman herself, and the man she marries,
and all directly or remotely concerned,
ere the better for her having done even
something for herself, however little.
i repeat that the sclf-reliant woman
:. Is a civilizer. The busy world is inn
proved by her having been a participa-
! tor. Her words arc gentle and kind.
and her presence is a restraint to tho
!. hcadlong impotuosity of men Even
!. though she may not remain long with
: us single, let US be thankful that she
? has como at all. If she falls in love and
!. marries, even at the sacrifice Of an in
dependent career. her life after sll is
not in vain. Her own views bavo been
{ broadcned. her sympsthies have been
;, deepencd, her capacity for employment
:. made greater. and her scope for useful
! ness witlened. say again and again.
Jet the ambitious girl see what she can
do for herself H0n:dn's Journal
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-14
Table Hints.

Regulari!y.--f there is one table
law about which all persons arc
agreed it is that our meals should
be taken at stated and regular per.
iods People may differ about yeget.
arianism. about sweets, about pics
and cakes, about tea and coffee, but I
have never met q person who would in
sist tina. regularity was of no consc-
quencc-that it was just as we'll to take
two meals today and five tomorrow, to
take dinner at / o'clock today, to-
morrow and next day. Without under
standing the physiological law, all a,o
agreed that regularity is important.
A long journey by rail does not de-
range the stomach because of the sitting
in an unvcntilated car. for a traveller
may occupy \ still worse place in the
pursuit of his busii.ess at home; neither
is it because of the character of the food
furnished at the railway Iunch-rooms.
for the food at home is often worse; but
the stomach arrangement which near
ly always comes with the long railway
trip is. in a great part. to be traced to
irregularity in the times of eating.
Fruit Fruit-cating must obtain
moro than it does. not rs luxury, but
as hygienic measure. Fruit should bo
kept where the children can help them
selves to it. A barrel of apples will
often save a fit of sickness. Three or
four eaten every day will do ever so
much good. Never scrimp your child
ren's supply of fruit if you can help it.
Enough.-I want to show YOU Two
animals. One has four legs. They call
him pig. want you to see him eat.
Now, when that fellow gels cnou"h
he'll stop. Let us look at another.
They call this one man; he has two
legs; he is at breakfast. He looks this
way and that He can't sec anything
that he wants. Now he tries mouth
full of strong coffee; that won't fetch it.
He tries spoonful Of catsup; that's =
failure. Now he tries mixture of
mustard and vinegar. At length things
begin 10 work little. and he is finally
able to cram lot OF griddle-cakes. and
two or three cups of strong coffoc into
, his stomach. Which do you vote for?
vote for the gentleman with four leSa
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HOW ANTS LIVE.
Their Love OF Cleanliness aud Their Mode
of Burial.


In spite of the multifarious duties and
tasks that are imposed on these tiny
burglars, they still find time to clean
and adorn their worthy little persons.
says q writer in the Cosmopolitan. No
spot no atom Of dust or anything else
uncleanly will they tolerate on their
bodies. They get rid of the dirt with
the brushy tufts ON their feet or with
their tongue. They act for all the
world. like domestic cats when they
clean and lick themselves; and they as
sist one another at the toilet precisely
like MONKEYS Their sense OF clcanli-
ness goes SO far that the naturalist often
finds. to his unpleasant surprise. the
colored marks that he had applied with
SO much care Oil his trial ants" re-
moved by their dirt-hatlng friends.
They keep their dwelling just as clcanly.
But the conveying away OF their de-
ceased brethren. whose dead bodies they
appear to regard with the greatest anti
pathy, gives them more trouble than
anything else. When some members
of an ant community. which Mr.. Cook
kept imprisoned, died and could not be
removed. those remaining seemed af-
fectcd with the greatest horror. For
days the insects ran about seeking =
way out, and ceased only when COM
pletely exhausted. The ants belonging
10 the componotus sspecies seized the
dead and threw them into water-pail,
which they converted into sepulcher.
Ordinarily. though. the ants are said to
treat their dead with more reverence
They even possess their own graveyards.
which lie in tho vicinity Of their nests
They convey their deceased companions
thither. whero they lay them down in
orderly little heaps or in rows.
1t is only tho corpses of their fellows.
however, that they treat in this man
ner. Dead strangers they throw out
like something unclean. or tear tho
body in pieces Even between the
master and slaves of the same com.
munity Miss Treat says she has obscrv-
cd dlssimiliar mode of burial. While
the masters find their last repose in n
special graveyard. side by side. the
slaves lie like hcaped-up refuse near
the nest. despiscd equally in death as in
life.
The ant cemeteries are often thickly
populated, for their life is short The
male lives only through ono summer; the
females live somewhat longer. and the
workers die Of old ago in the 9th or 10th
wear.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-14

The latest agony in dancing circles Is
said to be The '.Mikado polka, which
includes limitations of Yum Yum's mine
ing gait. Poo-Bah's stately stride. and
ko-koh's sprightly jumps. A young
man who recently lost his breath. his
patience. his temper. and a suspendcr
button. according TO the Buffalo Courier.
in mastering its iniricacies. said: Il
um all tired oat: but I've got it. You
take a polka step and then kick. then
another polka step and kick again.
Then you hop three steps forward, as in
the La Belle waltz, and then You polka
again. There's nothing like it'
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-14

Captain Henry Mckay. of McKces-
port. Pa, recently received i silver
medal from Queen Victoria for: bravery
in the Egyptian campaign. On the
5obverse is the head of the Queen. and
-on the reverse the sphinx, over which is
the word Egypt and under the name
of the owner. Two clasps surmonnt
the medal On one is the word ''Kir-
bekap," and OH the other .Thc Nile,
1884 3d."